Upon approaching the court on Sunday morning, the judges said in a statement that they saw crowds "closing the entrances of the roads to the gates, climbing the fences, chanting slogans denouncing its judges and inciting the people against them," Kirkpatrick said.

A strong earthquake in Myanmar killed 13 and left more than 40 wounded, according to a CNN.com article.

According to the article, the epicenter of the 6.8-magnitude quake was centered 52 kilometers (32 miles) north-northeast of the town of Shwebo in the Sagaing region, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Two U.S. sailors have been indicted by the Japanese government for the rape of a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa, said Junko Oguro of CNN.

The case has deepened tensions between the two countries, Oguro said.

Seaman Christopher Browning and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker, both 23, are accused of choking and raping the woman in a parking lot for nearly an hour Oct. 16, according to the Naha public prosecutor's office and police statements, said Travis Tritten of the Stars and Stripes.

The incident sparked an island wide curfew for U.S. servicemembers, Tritten said.

A protest rally was held in the city of Okinawa, one of the municipalities hosting the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base, late last month, with about 1,300 people participating, according to a Daily Yomiuri Online article.

Japanese and military police searched the sailors rooms and found some of the woman's possessions, the article said.

"Nobody expected this explosion because our neighborhood has been living in peace, away from the violence hitting the rest of the capital," said Bassem Mohammed, a 35-year-old father of three in the neighborhood who was startled by the blast.

Over the years, the mission has changed from largely NATO led missions to now Afghan led missions, he said.

Now most of the troops from the surge at the beginning of President Obama's tenure are gone, leaving just 100,000 troops in country to train and mentor Afghan forces, according to an article on RT.com.

The Taliban has taken all this to mean that they've won, the article said. "With the help of Allah, the valiant Afghans under the Jihadi leadership of Islamic Emirates defeated the military might and numerous strategies of America and NATO alliance," they said.

The Taliban still has a stronghold on the southern part of the country, said an ArmyTimes.com article, and fears are that they will try to take the country over again once NATO forces leave in 2014.